Research on the Measuring and Duplication Techniques of Spectrum of the Moxibustion in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Moxibustion has been one of the most important therapeutic methods in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. It is meaningful to research on the mechanism of moxibustion and the techniques about how to realize the perfect efficacy with modern engineering technology. In this paper, the authors presented a series of research works on this, including: experiments on the indirect and direct measuring methods, the first enjoys the advantage of spectrum width, the later is straightforward; studies on the duplication techniques of the spectrum of moxibustion. The main results are: the radiation power of moxibustion is distributed over the region very closed to near-infrared mainly and the wavelength corresponding to the peak value is about 2800 nm; Using tungsten-halogen lamp with wide spectral range can duplicate the spectrum of moxibustion by means of light-filtering and power manipulation. A schematic diagram of electric moxibustion which has been used in clinic was also presented